How to Transfer Photo's from Macbook to iMac

I have a new 27" iMac. How do I transfer all my photo's (events) from my Macbook Pro to my new iMac?

Can't it be done with iCloud?
Yes.
Apple - iCloud - New photos on all your devices.
iPhoto '11: Import photos from your photo stream
You can also transfer files over the local network with File Sharing. See the built-in help for the Sharing preference pane for details.

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2 - you can export photos form iPhoto to any format drive - it is only the iPhoto library that has drive format restrictions
Reformatting a drive totally erases it so you can not simply change the format of a drive without removing everything on it
3 - deciede what you want - if you use iPhoto then it has no cross platform capability and nothing you do in iPhoto is directly of use on a PC - you have to export from iPhoto to a volume that a PC can read
Since you do not like or use iPhoto and it will not do what you want I have no idea why you are messing with it at all
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